Mauritania closes border with Mali over Ebola -officials


(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency)  Mauritania has closed its border with Mali after a case of Ebola was confirmed in western Mali near their shared frontier, Reuters cited two Mauritanian officials as saying on Saturday.

Limame Ould Deddeh, chief medical officer in Kobenni, a town in eastern Mauritania near the Mali frontier, said the government in Nouakchott had sent orders to close all land crossings. A second Mauritanian official confirmed the move.


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